What Where you Thinking?

It hasn’t been that long has it? I didn’t think so.

Hello there it has been just over a week since I last posted and not that much has happened.

 

Fireworks

 

On Saturday (07/11/2009) it was bonfire night, as always I watched the fireworks up on the Great Lines and I did get a couple of good photos this year which I am pleased with.

Sunday (08/11/2009) saw me rearranging my bedroom, it was something to do.

 

ID Card on Lanyard

 

Today (10/11/2009) at college we were given the lanyard for our ID cards, so now we have to ware them at all times, this is a good idea but I belive that my group is the only ones to have them so far as I have not seen anyone else walking arround with them other than the staff so it is going to be a bit weird to begin with but the lanyard have only just arrived at the college.

 

"Friends Like These" by Danny Wallace

 

I have borrowed and actual book from the Library for a change, I am going to start reading it tonight and hopefully I will have read it faster than “Yes Man” as that one took around 6 months to read but during those six weeks I was at college and trying to meet the deadlines and get the work completed, even though that is still the case it wont be as hectic as last time as that was in the last 6 months of the year.

I have to be in college early tomorrow as i have to see Kim so i can get my Personal Statement completed so I can finish my UCAS application in time so that will be fun.

As always you can catchup with me on twitter where there are more regular updates as I am glued to it so untill next time.

Bye *Waves*

Stargatefreek

(No, Just, Just No)

Last Week and Updates

so last week I was on Half term and as normal I did nothing.

When I say nothing i mean nothing important or college related.

I did however watch quite a few DVD Box sets, I borrowed Stargate Atlantis season 5 and CSI:MIAMI season 6 Pt II from the library and I bought season 2 of Battlestar Galactica.

I finished watching these Sunday (01/11/2009) night.

On Saturday (31/10/2009) was Halloween and as usual Dad did a pumpkin but he tried something a bit different this year as he only took a little bit off of the surface and did not go all the way through and used LEDs to light it. I like it and it came out well.

 

Todd The Wraith in pumpkin form

I am Enjoying Sanctuary season 2 and SGU season 1 and each seem to be getting better and better.

I am saving my money up for the Stargate SG1 season 1-10 box set at the moment as this will mean that i have every episode and it will take up less room than having each volume will.

i am behind on the reviews, i still need to post 2 for SGU and 3/4 for Sanctuary but they should be up during the week.

That appears to be everything but as always stalk me on twitter where there are more regular updates.

Stargatefreek

(“If i have to Say “What” one more time heads are gonna roll”)

 

Stargate Universe “Darkness”

!!!Warning!!!

!!!Spoilers!!!

Rush on the Warpath

Darkness starts with rush in the control room, is is looking rather stressed out, this is obvious when he is on the way back to the control room after leaving the mess, he pins Riley up against a wall and shouts at him, just for asking a question, there are many contributing factors to this and we do find those out later in the episode but the main one at the moment is Lack of sleep.

James talking to the Kino

Over the course of this episode we get an insight to some of the crew of the destiny, this is done by them recording messages  into a Kino, I like this feature of the show as it means that the actors are braking the 4th wall and connecting directly to the audience. As SGU is a character driven show rather than an action show like SG1 and SGA it means that we get to know more about the charactors, even though we are geting the story and the character traits of the main cast the Kino Diaries gives an insight to the supporting cast as well.

Eli and Chloe

This episode brings Eli and Chloe closer I think as there Walk and talk allows for them to reassure each other that they are not useless to the crew:

Chloe: Me? I don’t even know what to do with myself, Eli. I’m the last person who should be here.

Eli: I’m second to last!

Chloe: You’re under-estimating yourself.

Eli : So are you.

After this Eli shows Chloe how to use the “Shower”.

Destiny droping out of FTL

When the destiny drops out of FTL (Faster than Light) it brings on the literal meaning of the episode “Darkness” as that is what the ship has descended into without any power and it brings out the jeopardy as there is nothing that can be done and no way to save them that can be seen on the horizon. when the ship goes dark it takes Rush to a whole new level of Crazy, he becomes more stressed.

The power issues are similar to that of the ones in the Pilot of Atlantis (101/2 – Rising) but in this case there is no fail safe to save them.

Rush passed out

Rush has a nervous breakdown and ends up passing out, with rush out of it they need ideas of how to get out of this mess, Young is asking the actual scientist (Dale Volker) and engineer (Adam Brody)and they have nothing nut the MIT dropout Eli has the idea of using the 2nd shuttle for power, then young gose to earth to report back.

Peter DeLuise as "Peter" the scientist

Peter DeLuise makes an appearance in this episode as “peter” the scientist and just misses the opportunity to be on the Destiny and his place is taken by Telford.

After young has briefed General O’Neill he goes to see his wife and this is an iteresting option as this could meen that all of teh family members are being security clearance as we know in Air Pt I that she was not told where he was going to be stationed.

Telford usis this oppotunity to gather information on the running of the ship so that he can get Young replaced.

Rush finally comes to and he is told that he has been out for 10 hours and we then find out that all of his stress is due to Caffeine and Nicotine withdrawal, poor rush he has got it bad.

Rush staring into the Kino

Destiny slingshot arroung the Gas Giant

I have nothing but good things to say about the Visual effects department as the visuals of  the Destiny making that sling shot around the Gas giant was just incredible.

The slingshot around the gas giant was another call back to SG1 (412 – Tangent) to where the X-301went out to the edge of the solar system and they tried to slingshot it around Jupiter.

Destiny heading towards the sun

We are now at the end of the episode and here is the worse parts about 2 parters, the cliffhanger, the new course is straight in to the sun, it could not have gotten any worse can it, it will be interesting as to how they use the shuttle to get out of this and howe the 3 “habitable” plaints factor in to it but I can tell you one thing, I cant wait.

Stargatefreek

(Recipess Becker, for the love of God Recipes)

Updating, updating, updating

Hello there everyone it has been a bit since I posted an update on this blog (other than a review) and I thought that I should.

First of all can I say a thank you to everyone that has visited my blog since the start of the month, I find it quite interesting as to how people have been finding me on the web. over the last couple of weeks it has been search terms relating to Stargate Universe like, “stargate universe destiny” and “stargate universe whiteboard” but amongst the best there was “stargate universe sex scene”, this is one of those things that i can’t make up i have had people here looking for “Photos of David Hewlett”, “red nose day”, “stargate ships comparison chart”, “pictures of Elyse Levesque” and there are lots of other so thank you and keep all of your different searches coming I like to see the weird ways that people arrive at my blog.

SG-U Stargate Universe

I have been enjoying the start of Stargate Universe and I am liking the new season of Sanctuary. I will be reviewing both of them on this blog, SGU is being done and I will be starting the sanctuary ones at the weekend and there will one for each part of “End of Nights”.

College has been going well over the last month, we have a boring tutor and one of our tutors has left due to stress (this is based on information i received this morning), we only have another few days left and then we are off for a week.

Lost seasons 1-3

I have now got nearly all of Stargate SG1 on DVD, I am missing episodes 220 – Show and Tell, 917 – The Scourge, 918 - Arther’s Mantle, 919 – Crusade and 920 – Camelot (ptI) and I am missing season 10, I have now got seasons 1-3 of LOST and I have worked my way through them and I only have 2/3 of season 3 left to go.

I have been updating my website over the last couple of days and the changes are live here, also I changed the header to this blog.

Sanctuary Season 1 Boxset

Last week I managed to purchase sanctuary season 1 and one of the discs didn’t working properly, actually it was the 1st disc just after the 2nd episode so that was rather annoying but I took it back and they refunded the money and are going to hold another copy of it when it comes in again so I can’t really complain.

I think that is everything for now I am still using Twitter so follow me if you like.

Stargatefreek

(All access pass to Spookville. Comes with a free lunch and a decoder ring)

Stargate Universe “Air” Part III

!!!Warning!!!

!!!Spoilers!!!

Kino on the Planet

The conclusion to the season premier of Stargate Universe was a good one. The third part starts just after rush Steps through the event horizon at the end of the last episode and it opens with a vast desert, and the arrival of the team.

There is not that much that happens in the episode but the way that it has been put together makes it feel although there is, the A story is the team on the planet looking for Lime (Calcium Carbonate) and there isn’t really much of a B story.

Colonel Telford

So on the Planet they are working there way across and checking the sand looking for the Lime, and after a while they split into 2 teams one lead by Eli and the other lead by Scott and around this time on the Destiny Young and Chloe use the communication stones to contact earth, this is the 1st time the Colonel Telford is on the Destiny and he is not doing Young’s body any good. Chloe uses this opportunity to tell her Mother what happened to her father.

We learn about Scott’s past in this episode, we learn that he is a religious person and that his parents were killed and he was raised by a Priest who drunk himself to death. On the planet after Rush and Greer head back to the gate Scott starts to Hallucinate the priest and when he passes out he is saved by some form of life that appears to be spiralling wind carrying sand.and where he had collapsed was the lake bed where the Lime is.

Sand Entity (for lack of a better word)

Greer goes back to get Scott and there is not allot of time left before the Destiny leaves and with Minutes to spair Rush instructs Eli to place his arm inside the event horizon of the Stargate and this allofs Scott and Greer to get back in time.

They manage to get the Life-support working in time and the choice of music was interesting and appropriate as the song was called “Breathe”.

?????

It ends with something leaving the ship and that raises many questions like what is it? where is it going? who is it going to?are they in danger?

This episode was a good conclusion to the three parter as it adds more depth to to the characters as there is not allot of action in this part but has set up the starting of what appears to be an amazing series.

Stargatefreek

(“Keep your head above water but don’t forget to breathe”)

Stargate Universe “Air” Parts I and II

Robert Carlyle as Dr. Nicholas Rush

Louis Ferreira as Col. Everett Young

Brian J. Smith as 1st Lt. Matthew Scott

Elyse Levesque as Chloe Armstrong

David Blue as Eli Wallace

Alaina Huffman as 1st Lt. Tamara Johansen

Jamil Walker Smith as Msgt. Ronald Greer

Ming-Na as Camile Wray

This Post May contain Spoilers,

you have been warned.

Stargate Universe Premiered a couple of days ago (02/10/2009) and as i am in the UK i have to wait until the 6th but i have found another way to see it. I have sat through the 2 part episode a couple of times, 1 to watch it, 2 to look at the details and the 3rd i took notes so i can write this. From this point on the could be spoilers, if you have not seen Stargate Universe of you are waiting to see it I would suggest that you leave and come back once you have seen it, but there is nothing stopping you from reading on.

SG-U Stargate Universe

The Destiny

The episode started with  a ship dropping out of FTL (Faster Than Light) and the SGU logo, we then pass over the ship, this is similar to the starting of Atlantis, then the shot changes to the interior corridors and you get a feel for how big the ship is, the camera then stops at the gate room and the gate is spinning and it then activates. After the activation of the gate Lt. Scott is throw clear from the gate.

This starting for the show is different form anything that we have seen it starts in the middle of the story which is a good way to start a show.

the way that every one and every thin came through the gate is interesting as they come through and are thrown across the gate room. once Colonel Young has com through the gate closes and we discover that hes is Injured, Badly.

Then we are looking at a game being played and it is Eli playing it, he solves the problem in the game and the game then restarts, and Eli seems to be rather annoyed by this. the day after O’Neill and Rush arrive at the door, they seem to know allot about Eli, we then find out that the game is called “Prometheus” and the problem is for the “Dakara weapon” and i like the call back to SG1 there. they beam out Eli and he is on the observation deck of the U.S.S. George Hammond and here Eli is given some information and we learn about Eli’s Mother.

Daniel Jackson

The use of Daniel for the teaching of the Stargate and all other things Related is a nice touch. the merging of the Audio of the tapes is a good feature as it is showing that there is allot of information being given and Eli is loosing concentration and becoming confused.

then we meet Chloe Armstrong in the Hammond’s Mess and she seems to know a bit about Eli as well.

Rush, Eli and scott on the observation deck

Back on to the ship and it seems that Rush had disappeared and Eli and Scott are looking for him, when they find him he is on an Observation deck and he makes a comment about the Ship,

“The design is clearly Ancient in the truest scene of the word” – Dr Rush

The Life support then fails and the title of the episode is then evident as they are running out of “Air”.

We then see something of Colonel Young’s past as he is arguing with someone, who appears to be his wife, about his reassignment, young then collapses and we see TJ looking over him and tending to him.

We are back to the Hammond and it is dropping out of HyperSpace over Icarus and then we have the Sex scene, it was a brave choice to have this in the show and it is showing that it is a very different to SG1 and Atlantis, the show could have done without it but it was important in the showing of its difference.

Senator Armstrong is introduced to the Base Military  and Rush attempts to dial the 9 Chevron Address but it dose not work, this makes Rush annoyed.

The Whiteboard

Eli makes a point about Rush using a whiteboard when there are computers everywhere on the base. I like this as when rush erases the equations from the board Eli starts saying “Save” over and over.

There seems to be a distrust of Rush as when he is trying to fix the Life support Eli comments that rush dos not know what he is doing and then Msgt. Greer aims a weapon at rush.

Colonel Samantha Cater in charge of the USS George Hammond

Cater and young think that the ships that are attacking Icarus Base are of the Lucien alliance which is another call back to SG1.

during the attack Eli makes a comment that the gate address could be a code and that the Earth Point of Origin is needed to dial, this is an idea that i had and i was pleased that i was correct about this.

The journey of the Destiny

We then see the course that the ship took and this took one of my theory’s out, i believed that the ship was sent from the original Galaxy where the Alterans and the Ori Originated but it turns out that it was from the Milky-Way and it took a course through Pegasus. this is a nice part to the plot as you discover the history of the ship and that it has traveled along way.

General Jack O'Neill

Dr Bill Lee

after jack and same have a conversation and discover that they never came back to earth Rush goes of to a secluded area of the ship and opens a case and there is a device that look’s earth made, we then find out that it is a communication terminal due to the fact that there is one on earth with a Communication stone on it and Dr Lee is sitting by it and this is who Rush uses to talk to people on earth, with the new design of the Communication terminals it means that they are able to stop the connection better that in the past.

Senator Armstrong Sacrifices himself to save everyone on the ship by sealing a section of damaged ship that can only be sealed from the damaged side. this is showing that the show is much darker that SG1 and Atlantis and this was important in showing this.

The discovery of the ship’s name towards the end of the episodes is a nice touch as it gives hope to the people that are around Rush that hear it.

Ticking Clock

at the end of the episode the gate dials a planet that Rush clams is one with what they need. the discovery of the clock is important as it means that there is a time restraint on how long that they can stay on the planet before the destiny leaves.

the episode ends on a cliffhanger where the team embark to the planet and the episode ends when rush enters the gate. I am going to have to wait for the next episode to find out what happens but i can say that the show so far is really good.

Rush Leaving for the Planet

Stargatefreek

(Maybe we aren’t suppose to be here )

Week One

MidKent College - Medway Campus

Last week was the 1st week of the year and the 1st week in the new college campus.

ID Card

We started on Monday and we went through all of the basic things like getting our ID cards made, these cards have RFID chips in them that open the allocated corridors.

we had to do the induction week as they had re-arranged the groups and it is in a nef campus so it was to get to know the others in the group and where things ar in the new campus.

Tuesday we had kim for the 1st time this year and she was telling us where things are and the policy’s of the campus.

Wednesday we started to build the website that we designed the day before

Thursday was my day off.

Friday we finished the week by presenting the website to the group and reviewing the work.

If you follow the links for Monday, Tuesday and Friday you will be taken to the posts for those days on the new college reflection blog and that gives details on the days that i have not put in to this post as i dont want to repeat myself that much.

Stargatefreek

(The Geek)

Blogging good fun

well i am going to start to blog every day this month, no reason at all just to see if i can do it.

i have had an interesting couple of weeks since the last post.

I had a look round the mew college Campus and i saw a band i like play live.

went to a friends 18th and he is of to Uni in a couple of weeks so i wont see him for a while.

going to sheppy tomorrow to see family, hope that i don’t miss the return train.

i have re-arranged my bedroom again and now it is a lot better but i meed to get myself an office chair so i can use the computer properly. i am currently sitting on the floor and it is quite uncomfortable.

i start college in just over a week then i will have more to do, i am working on my new website. it is still in the initial stages but it is getting there.

I don’t have to wait long for Stargate Universe, only a month for america and i have to wait till the 6th of october.

ok i am going to go now and kidnap the cat that has been anoying me for the last couple of days so ill leave you with a stargate Atlantis Quote:

Cetus: What were you doing in the flooded sections of the city?
Major General Jack O’Neill: The backstroke… I think.
Talus: What were you planning?
Major General Jack O’Neill: Well I was planning to retire, but man is that over rated. You know I’m not a workaholic or anything but, I need to stay active… you know, in the community… it’s a health, maintenance sort of thing.

Stargatefreek

(I don’t know the meaning of the word. … Seriously… Impudence… What does that mean?)

Hello There, Long Time No See

MMMM how are we?

Hello there how are you? I am once again saying this at the start of a blog post as I have been “Twittering all over MyFace and TubeSpace”, once again.

So here I go with the main blogging part:

I have recently discovered (I was late night Googling) TROCK (Time-lord Rock) and this was “Created By” Nerimon, and what TROCK is is songs about Doctor Who, this is brilliant it is like saying I want to watch Doctor Who but I would like to listen to music at the same time. there is a band of 4 youtube users (Nerimon, Charlieissocoollike, Cowinparachute and  Littleradge) and this is called Chameleon Circuit.

I like all of the Chameleon Circuit Tracks on the album, (just for the record (get it) I do not have a copy as I can not afford to purchase the physical CD or pay for the MP3 tracks, I have listened to them in various places but mostly the iTunes samples), but there are a couple that stand out from the 10 on the album:

• An Awful Lot Of Running
• Blink
• Exterminate, Regenerate
• Count the Shadows

So here are the videos on youtube for, An Awful Lot of Running (this is the Official vid) and Blink (Charlieissocoollike demo version) :

There is a video of Charlie’s that I am liking at the moment and here it is:

I think that this is so funny and I cant stop watching it.

Yesterday I Re-Uploaded a video on to youtube and here it is:

While I am on the subject of Youtube I have created a new user account, Stargatefreek0275 will still be running but this will be for my Fanvids but the new account is for my (soon to be) new Vlog, I have been thinking of starting a Vlog since the start of College back in September(2008) but it is only now that I am going to be starting one. I did attempt to start at the beginning of the week but it was just an EPIC FAIL as everything went wrong. It started with the fact that my webcam (even though it has a built in Microphone) is unable to record Video & Audio at the same time, this is stupid!!!!

Then I tried my Mobile phone to do this but the quality was awful so i have given up until I can use (or get a better) Digital Camera to do it. Here is the user name of the new account: DCS340

I have made an E-Mail account so that the readers of this blog (if I have any regular ones (please let me know)) can E-Mail me and if you are lucky you may get a mention in a Blog or a Vlog and you will receive an actual reply from ME.

DSC304Phoenix@googlemail.com

My Guitar

My Plectrums

I have (once again) started to learn the Guitar, this time I am having a better time that before and like the 3 times before I am doing it “all by my self” (isn’t that the lyrics to a song?) and i an having more luck than the other times as I am learning to play a song that is quite simple in comparison toe the previous ones.

If you would like to know, I am learning: “An Awful Lot of Running” by Chameleon Circuit.

Me (as a cartoon)

Me (as a cartoon)

The TARDIS (as a cartoon)

Well like with all things that I do there is a reason for them and most of the time it is, and i Quote: “‘Cos i was bored” but however that is one of the reasons for this but there is another reason but that will be revealed soon (hopefully). All that i will say at this time is that they are bart of a larger project.

I am happy with them allthough the roof of the TARDIS is not quite right and I did endup giving up. With the cartoon of me, it is actualy been created to scale (hight wise reay) and it is now being used as my display pictures and from the feedback that I have recieved people are liking it so I will be tweaking it when I need to change my display pictures in the future.

I am going to go and practice the Guitar and twitter some more.

Bye *waves*

Stargatefreek

(And an awful lot of running to do.)

Stargate Universe

well the fans of Stargate have been given the US start date for Stargate Universe and that is 2 nd October 2009, as i am in the UK i will have to wait a few weeks to find out the acctual start date but it should be about 2 weeks later (if the start dates for Atlantis is anything to go by).

i have found a Breathtaking Ad for Universe that has Appeared on the Internet Yesterday. i find anything that has a planet being destructed in an advert to be prity good

Stargatefreek

(i like the distruction of planets)